whistle-blower
or whis·tle blow·er
[ hwis-uh l-bloh-er, wis- ]
/ ˈʰwɪs əlˌbloʊ ər, ˈwɪs- /
noun
a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
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whistle for, whistle in the dark, whistle pig, whistle stop, whistle up, whistle-blower, whistle-stop, whistler, whistler's mother, whistler, james, whistling
Origin of whistle-blower
First recorded in 1965–70
Related forms
whis·tle-blow·ing, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for whistle-blower
That tells us he may have been more than just a “whistle-blower.”
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“I was amazed at how terrifying it would be to be a whistle-blower,” he says.
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British Dictionary definitions for whistle-blower
whistle-blower
noun
informal a person who informs on someone or puts a stop to something
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